Example sentences of "[verb] that [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Again there is marked variation from one person to another and from one week to another in the amount of dream sleep that we get . |
2 | Any sleep that you have will detract from night-time sleep and reduce the strength of the bed as the sole stimulus for sleep . |
3 | It also transpired that he had done virtually no mathematics . |
4 | It transpired that he had been sleeping rough for weeks and that his last known address was a Salvation Army hostel 100 miles away . |
5 | It transpired that he had been scouting at the Festival . |
6 | It also proved to be a fall from grace , as it transpired that he 'd stolen millions of pounds from his workers ' pension funds , to pay off mounting business debts . |
7 | It transpired that he wanted to be able to comment on each question in more depth and indeed some staff did so on separate sheets . |
8 | It transpired that it had been syphoned off into private businesses . |
9 | It transpired that she had also been one of a party at the Hall the same day . |
10 | I 'm just praying that we win it . |
11 | ‘ When Jones sat on the bench on Saturday in the Test we were praying that he did not have to come on . |
12 | ‘ When Jones sat on the bench on Saturday in the Test we were praying that he did not have to come on . |
13 | ‘ The locals are praying that he wants to stay in Santa Barbara forever . |
14 | Her heart sank at the sight of fresh blood on the bandage , but she set about unwinding the strip of linen , praying that she had not opened up fitzAlan 's wound too badly in her frantic efforts to escape . |
15 | ‘ Never mind , ’ called McAllister , ‘ needs must … ’ and wobbled down Vetch Street , praying that she arrived at her destination in one piece , the balance of the wretched thing being all wrong , especially with the overloaded basket at the front . |
16 | Every time I come here I begin to worry that I have somehow crossed into another stream and am sailing back in the opposite direction . |
17 | We have all wished that we 'd had the perfect retort at some time , but most of us can only think of something smart about three days later . |
18 | ‘ And , for your information , I 've long wished that I 'd never heard of you — or your wretched grandmother . |
19 | Since those days I have sometimes wished that I had been able to record on tape the conversations I had with Gilbert Harding , who was an intellectual . |
20 | I 've often wished that I had stayed on and tried for university , but I was n't keen , and my family was n't the sort to encourage it . |
21 | If you have ever wished that you had a third hand to make notes we have the answer . |
22 | unalterable conviction in favour of the adoption for our Palace of Administration of the revived national style — a style so characteristic of our own age it is beginning to be called Victorian — we protest against being obliged to tolerate an effete Palladian or mongrel Renaissance architecture to please those who wish to claim the merit of a breadth of view and of artistic sympathy by denying that they have any prejudices on the subject , one way or the other . |
23 | And erm , it s it seems to be an entirely er rational position for any public politician , for instance , Mrs Thatcher before the seventy-nine election , denying that she had any plans to double V A T , or Mr Major denying some of the plans for raising taxes that we 've come up with , or indeed denying plans to privatise the forestry commission . |
24 | There was no denying that she 'd caught his interest . |
25 | In November 1989 Secord had pleaded guilty to a felony charge of making a false statement to congressional investigators by denying that he knew that funds from the Iran-contra operation had been used to instal a security system at the house of Oliver North . |
26 | He came to spend the night , by agreement , twice a week and she saw him every day but there was no denying that he seemed a visitor and never a member of her household . |
27 | Paul wanted to retch , and at the same time felt his member thrusting against his clothes ; there was no denying that he had wanted this , when all was said , for a long time . |
28 | After demonstrations outside his home and threats to his life , Tshisekedi refused the position , denying that he had agreed to take it at a secret meeting with the President . |
29 | By Nov. 20 Mahdi Mohammed was reported to be massing reinforcements in Warsheik , about 60 km north of Mogadishu , and had placed a satellite telephone call to the British Broadcasting Corporation denying that he had been ousted . |
30 | While emphatically denying that he had acted improperly — Richardson claimed that his resignation was motivated by the desire to avoid damaging the ALP 's prospects in the next federal elections , due by mid-1993 — he admitted meeting Symons in his Senate office , writing a reference for him , and telephoning Amata Kabua , President of the Marshall Islands , after Symons was arrested . |